The shred....

I started Jillian Michaels 30 day shred as soon as I was cleared by my doc back in June. Being honest here, I wanted to work out, but I wasn't very faithful to the shred until August. New baby, summer legaue, 2 year old, then the month long Starbucks enhanced vacation at my parents didn't help much either. I think I did it a total of 3 maybe 4 times at their house. Well in August I started the shred up and faithfully did it 6 days a week. Fast forward to October and I'm doing it 5 days a week and since it is cooler I have been adding in some walks with the kids in the evening. I do it at 11:00 am, after nursing and before lunch every day. Cooper knows when I do it, he says "oh mom, it's time for workout". I will say it had been frustrating because I wasn't seeing the numbers go down on the scale, just this past week finally they have gone down. But I think of my workout differently now....it is 20 minutes I take a day to focus on myself. Now it has become just a part of my day, I rotate the levels in 10 day rotations cause I would get bored if I did level 3 everyday. I like that Cooper sees me do it because I believe that it is good for him to see his mom doing something active most days. So although I may not be seeing that 6 pack soon, it still makes me feel better and it shows my kids that I do take care of myself. I'm sure if I dieted I might see that 6 pack sooner....but well mostly I just don't want to diet! As moms I think we should show our kids that we do things for ourselves, it's not ALL about them {mostly about them, but not all} I would recommend the shred....20 minutes or so well spent! And maybe your 6 pack will come faster then mine!
And here is Cooper singing this is the way we wash our face to Maddie....she really was loving it!